Beauchamp, Pierre
(1639–1705)> DANCER
Beauchamp, Pierre (1639, Paris; 1705, Paris), dancer, was born into a musical family, but his own interests lay in the direction of the dance, and he served as Louis XIV’s personal dancing master for more than 20 years while performing his other duties at Court or in Paris. He was named head of the Academy of the Dance by the king when this institution was founded in 1671 at the time of the establishment of the Opéra. His major responsibility at Court was to create and supervise the ballets to…